In this interview, Investment Specialist Claire Shaw is joined by Tom Slater, Joint Manager of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC. Shaw sets the scene by describing the trust’s unrelenting pursuit of ambitious, disruptive companies and the importance of Moore’s Law, before going on to ask Slater about which industries he thinks the big winners of the future will come from. Healthcare, transport, transactions and food delivery appear to be the ones to watch.

Banned from travelling during the pandemic, Matthew Brett, manager of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, explains the advantage of perspective.

What was meant to be a two-year apprenticeship turned into a transformative career. Charles Plowden, manager of The Monks Investment Trust, tells Colin Donald why he’s retiring from Baillie Gifford on a high.

Online trading platforms have transformed the way we put our money to work. Iain McCombie, joint manager of the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund, tells Faith Glasgow how these companies brought financial power to the people.

European companies have quietly built up some of the world’s largest digital platforms for commerce. The next stage will be anything but quiet, Stephen Paice and Moritz Sitte, joint managers of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, tell Heather Farmbrough.

The rapid rise of electric cars means companies such as Tesla and NIO need batteries. Lots of them. Tom Slater, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, talks to Peter Carlsson, chief executive of Northvolt, about his determination to meet that demand.

What’s the point of complex risk models if they don’t reflect how humans actually behave? Leading economist John Kay and James Anderson, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, discuss how changing attitudes to known unknowns could make us better investors.

A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.

A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.

A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.

A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.

His career spanned big changes in investment – and in the fortunes of Baillie Gifford. Charles Plowden, joint senior partner and manager of Monks Investment Trust, looks at the opportunities ahead.

Dawn Murdoch, client service manager, speaks to the chair of Baillie Gifford’s China Product Group Ben Buckler. Buckler sheds some light on what he thinks are the most exciting aspects of China today, and how we balance the opportunities and the risks moving forward.

Investment Manager Toby Ross gives an update on The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C.

Deputy Manager of Scottish Mortgage Lawrence Burns shares the views of brilliant minds outside the industry that will reshape your view of what equity investing is all about.

Curious about our investment thinking? Read the latest of Trust here.

How can we best invest to make life better for all, including the world’s poorest? Kate Fox and Lee Qian, joint managers of Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust, explain their approach to Jemima Kiss.

The logic of long-term investing means that companies harming the planet and its people will ultimately be losers.

On the back of humanity's innate ability to innovate, invent and improve, Hamish Maxwell is reminded of why growth investing yields such promise over the long-term.

In this webinar recording, Rosie Rankin, a specialist on the Positive Change Team, speaks to Kate Fox and Lee Qian, investment managers of the Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust. The managers give a presentation on the details of the trust and some of the companies in which it invests, followed by questions from the attendees.

Featuring the news and views of the teams involved in running our funds.

Fraser Thomson, client director, talks to Gary Robinson, co-manager of the US Growth Trust, and Kirsty Gibson, a key-decision maker and soon-to-be co-manager. The discussion centres around the recent investment environment and our thoughts for the future, all in the context of the investment approach employed by the trust.

In this webinar recording, US Equity strategy specialist Ben James talks to all four key decision makers of the American Fund portfolio, Tom Slater, Kirsty Gibson, Gary Robinson and Dave Bujnowski. The team explore the thought processes that have helped them navigate the challenge of maintaining a 5-10 year investment horizon during what has been a year of rapid change, followed by questions from attendees.

The aim of the Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust is to deliver attractive investment returns on behalf of shareholders over the long term, and to help shareholders contribute towards a more sustainable world. Investment managers Kate and Lee explain how they hope to do this.

Investment and impact go hand in hand for the Keystone Positive Change Trust. New to Baillie Gifford, the trust broadens its investment mandate under the watchful eyes of investment managers, Kate Fox and Lee Qian.

Lucy Haddow, product specialist, speaks to investment managers Steven Hay and Iain McCombie about the Managed Fund, as they reflect on 2020 and look forward to what’s to come.

This document looks at the contribution of the Positive Change portfolio to society through its business practices and focuses on our approach to engagement with the companies owned on behalf of our clients.

Scottish Mortgage was the FTSE 100’s stand-out growth company in 2020, but its managers’ are focused not on short-term performance, but on how best to exploit that added size in future.

Investment manager Lee Qian learned first-hand the difference growth made to China. He explains how innovative firms can help nurture economic expansion, while creating a more sustainable world.

Are there limits to economic growth? Will we run out of ideas? Investment manager Lee Qian explains why he’s confident innovation will create a more prosperous, sustainable and inclusive world.

Stephen Paice, investment manager of the Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc, gives an update on investment philosophy, performance, portfolio positioning and outlook.

In this webinar recording, investment specialist Stewart Heggie talks to James Anderson and Tom Slater, joint managers of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust about the growing opportunities that lie ahead for the trust. From transport, to healthcare, to an energy revolution, there is plenty to be optimistic about in 2021 and beyond.

Douglas Brodie, investment manager of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, reflects on the past year, gives some insight into the current positioning of the portfolio and sheds some light on what could be some exciting opportunities in the future.

Lee Qian, Investment Manager in Baillie Gifford’s Positive Change Strategy, tells us why we should harness innovation and economic growth to create a more prosperous, sustainable and inclusive world.

For a lot of investors, the investment world looks like a big puzzle. Baillie Gifford’s Managed Fund aims to solve this puzzle by bringing together the best ideas in equities and bonds and putting them in one simple portfolio.

The digital disruption of the high street accelerated during the pandemic. Baillie Gifford’s Moritz Sitte explores the innovative ways in which European retailers are reshaping the future of shopping.

The digital disruption of the high street accelerated during the pandemic. Baillie Gifford’s Moritz Sitte explores the innovative ways in which European retailers are reshaping the future of shopping.

Challenging circumstances function as a litmus test, from which the strongest business models survive, and even, thrive. During 2020 your Strategic Bond Fund has sought to invest in businesses that can do just that.

Synthetic biology conjures images of Frankenstein’s monster, with mad scientists poring over boiling beakers to bring to life the beast. The reality of modern labs is significantly different. Truly remarkable progress is being made in solving some of the world’s biggest problems by unlocking nature at its most granular level.

The oddities of the pandemic will fade, some long-running shifts in our economy will have been accelerated and the stresses we have experienced will spark new waves of innovation.

Pension Awareness Day was on 15 September but the messages from it transcend a specific date in time. Capital Hill takes a walk on the road to retirement riches.

Featuring the news and views of the teams involved in running our funds

Milena Mileva, joint manager of the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund talks about Games Workshop – a firm with a fanatical following.

Ferrari owners want to wake the neighbours with the thunderous throttle of their car’s internal combustion engine. If that goes in the shift to greener and quieter motor technology, will the car still be worthy of the prancing horse’s name? Most definitely so, according to Ferrari’s CEO, Louis Camilleri.

Few things matter more to an investor than understanding and anticipating change. As we celebrate 15 years of Global Alpha, we share some thoughts on how the portfolio, our process and the team have developed over time.

Traditions die hard in Japan, but a crisis often sparks accelerated change and innovation. Praveen Kumar, manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon and deputy manager of the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, talks about the upstarts making inroads.

Prevented from criss-crossing the globe in search of exciting young companies, Douglas Brodie, manager of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, reflects on life under lockdown.

After navigating the treacherous waters of the dividend crisis James Dow, joint manager of SAINTS, says it’s time to look east for income opportunities.

Gary Robinson, Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust joint manager, on how Shopify conquered the web.

How does a company de-age? Jared Anderson thinks about how Japanese companies are changing their working practices to meet modern expectations.

Client Director Alex Blake talks to lead manager of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Matthew Brett about the past year, the current positioning of the portfolio and opportunities ahead.

This webinar, moderated by Mark Urquhart, head of our Long Term Global Growth Team, includes an update from the STOPCOVID team based at Edinburgh University. STOPCOVID is a global initiative to harness and progress medical science across sectors to improve treatments and end the pandemic. We hear from Kev Dhaliwal, Professor of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine.

Ewan Markson-Brown, investment manager of the Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC, gives an update on the portfolio and explains why, when looking to the future, the only thing to fear is fear itself.

The starting point for investing in biotechs is science that is credible, scalable and differentiated. But that on its own does not guarantee a commercially successful business. The Health Innovation Team share their approach to investing in biotech at a time when the pace of innovation is exploding and the possibilities are endless.

Baillie Gifford’s Charles Plowden, manager of the Monks Investment Trust, hails a firm whose ambitions match the vastness of the subcontinent of India.

Tom Slater, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust joint manager, on how companies that can take the pain out of online payments are reaping big benefits.

There’s no such thing as a big European tech platform, or is there? Chris Davies explores the rise of European platform businesses, questioning whether they are coming of age.

China has defied recession in 2020, but where to now? Investment manager Roderick Snell anticipates big things ahead.

Sophie Earnshaw and Roderick Snell, joint managers of the new Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust, discuss some of their favourite Chinese firms.

China has defied recession in 2020, but where to now? Investment manager Roderick Snell anticipates big things ahead.

Barry Templeton, client director, speaks to David McIntrye, investment manager in the Multi Asset team, about the current portfolio positioning, how to maintain near-term resilience, and how to make the most of opportunities in long-term trends.

James Anderson, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, looks back on how, amid all the coronavirus disruption, the case for growth stocks strengthened as the crisis unfolded.

Recovering from Covid-19 may come to be seen as a turning point for Asia’s rising economies, writes Ewan Markson-Brown in his 2020 Manager’s Review for Pacific Horizon Investment Trust.

Curious about our investment thinking? Want to find out more about the entrepreneurs and companies of the future?

Gary Robinson, co-manager of the Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust, explains why he thinks the major behavioural shifts we’ve seen in recent time are here to stay, and talks about which opportunities in particular he is most excited about.

More of us are living longer, staying healthier for longer and working for longer. What are the implications for investing and financing this longer life? Listen to Baillie Gifford’s Steven Hay to find out.

Integrating ESG into company research requires rigour, nuance and a long-term perspective says Marianne Harper Gow.

Companies become more efficient as they grow. In the past, that involved big capital outlays and was bad news for challengers. However, as Gary Robinson, manager of the Baillie Gifford American Fund and the Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust explains, entrepreneurs can now rent the essential tools from cloud platforms, enabling them to compete more easily.

Roderick Snell and Sophie Earnshaw, co-managers of the China Growth Trust explain why they are excited about China, why they believe Baillie Gifford is the right manager for the trust, and what their investment approach will look like.

Jon Henry, client director, talks to Charles Plowden and Spencer Adair, investment managers on the Global Alpha Team, about their investment approach, the performance of Monks, how the Trust is positioned and what we are excited about moving forward.

Everyone wants to make a difference, and capital thoughtfully and responsibly deployed is a powerful mechanism for change. In seeking out companies whose products and services are providing solutions to global challenges, we believe a proactive investment approach can also be the basis of attractive investment returns. Investment Managers Kate Fox and Lee Qian explain why positive change really matters.

Roderick Snell and Sophie Earnshaw, co-managers of the China Growth Trust talk to Alex Blake, Investment Trusts Director, on why we’re excited about China, why we believe Baillie Gifford is the right manager for the trust, and what our investment approach will look like.

What do we mean by impact investing and can it really deliver? Kate Fox, joint manager of Baillie Gifford’s Positive Change Fund, talks to Iona Bain.

While some see capitalism as the problem, Lee Qian, joint manager of Baillie Gifford’s Positive Change Fund, sees it as the solution to many of the pressing problems society faces. He tells Iona Bain why.

News of a capital gains tax review comes as little surprise as the government looks to recoup vast sums spent supporting the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. With people’s purse strings also affected, Capital Hill reports what steps could be taken.

Featuring the news and views of the teams involved in running our funds.

In a world of disruption, it's the winners that matter.

Income investing has been shaken by the coronavirus, but how will this affect the dividend payers of the future? Baillie Gifford investment manager James Dow gives us a glimpse of the potential star performers of tomorrow.

History is peppered with crises and crashes. Capital Hill charts financial crashes – from the bursting of the tulip bulb bubble in 1637 to the present day. How did markets recover and what can investors learn from history?

Investment manager Iain McCombie gives an update on the positioning and activity of the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund portfolio.

We are in an era of great convergence. The Health Innovation strategy seeks to support this era of change by looking out for innovative and pioneering companies that have the potential to bring substantial improvements to human health and healthcare systems.

Charles Plowden explains how long-term stewardship is one of the four golden threads that weaves together to form the Monks investment strategy.

For Full Year 2019, updating on contributions towards a more sustainable and inclusive world.

First to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, the Asia ex Japan region is in robust health and its innovative companies are thriving. Roderick Snell surveys the Asian landscape and argues that Asia is where to look for superior long-term growth.

You can’t predict the future, but you can prepare for it by investing in those businesses that will help create it. Jenny Davis turns to history to provide some context as to why she believes the unsung heroes of the modern economy will be the titans of the future.

Technological developments over recent decades mean reality has outpaced the science fiction of his youth since Mark Urquhart joined Baillie Gifford almost 25 years ago. Now, scanning the Covid-19 driven global economy, he sets out his enthusiasm and expectations for the next decade and beyond.

Praveen Kumar, investment manager of Japanese Smaller Companies Fund and Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC, explains how Covid-19 will accelerate changes in the behaviour and working practices of corporate Japan and why this should result in numerous growth opportunities for fast-growing, nimble and disruptive smaller business.

In our Short Briefings on Long Term Thinking podcast, Baillie Gifford partner Stuart Dunbar backs a return to the basics of investment.

The true meaning of investment has been buried in a flurry of jargon, pseudo-science and fixation on quarterly results. Baillie Gifford partner Stuart Dunbar backs a return to basics.

Featuring the news and views of the teams involved in running our funds.

Carlota Perez, British-Venezuelan researcher, lecturer and international consultant, presents on the paradigm shifts she observes in historical technological revolutions and what these shifts could mean for the future.

Stephen Paice, investment manager of the Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc, gives an update on the activity and current positioning of the portfolio.

Lucy Isles, investment manager, gives an update on the High Yield Bond Fund and how the team are not only offering support to companies in the short term, but also looking to the future and thinking about how companies will operate sustainably longer term.

It’s often listed companies that make the headlines but some of the most exciting investment opportunities are in private firms according to Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust’s Catharine Flood.

Goodbye Baidu, hello Bytedance. Tom Slater highlights those Scottish Mortgage holdings currently bringing disruptive innovation to the world.

As the world adapts to wrenching changes, James Anderson observes both human progress and stock markets that did not learn.

Growth stocks have generally fared better than value stocks during the coronavirus pandemic, helping Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust during the worst of the stock market falls. In our podcast series, Short Briefings on Long Term Thinking Baillie Gifford partner Tom Slater explains why.

Ben James gives an update on the positioning and activity of the American Fund portfolio.

Roderick Snell, investment manager of the Pacific Fund and the Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC, gives an update on the portfolios and explains why he believes it’s time to look East.

Ben James gives an update on the positioning and activity of the Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust portfolio.

Lucy Haddow, product specialist, gives an update on the Managed Fund and its position during these challenging times.

We’re living longer, but are we living better? Baillie Gifford’s Health Innovation team is searching for companies whose cutting-edge science and innovative therapies are redefining healthcare. Put simply, healthcare has never looked as good for those seeking more from their investment.

Yields at low or even negative rates have prompted questions about the relevance of investing in bonds. Phil Annen remains a fan. And he explains why, insisting this is an asset class that can still form a key part of an actively-managed, balanced portfolio and offer attractive returns.

Baillie Gifford’s first company-wide diversity and inclusion magazine about the individuals who make up our firm.

Investment manager Toby Ross gives an update on the portfolio positioning as we deal with the current global pandemic.

Medical developments are increasingly dependent on technology. Baillie Gifford investors look at some of the more innovative companies and their importance in the current pandemic, as well as considering how the situation we are living through will lay the foundations for a new era in healthcare, underpinned by data.

Investment manager Toby Ross gives an update on The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C.

James Dow, co-head of Baillie Gifford’s equity income strategies, argues that dividend investors should avoid traditional high-yielding stocks, which are likely to disappoint given probable constraints on their reverting to the pre-crisis mean. The task, he concludes, is to look ahead to the global, high growth companies likely to be big providers of the future.

As volatility returns to financial markets, Capital Hill looks at how three different types of investor might respond – from those starting out to those drawing an income in retirement.

Are the abrupt changes brought about by the coronavirus (Covid-19) temporary or permanent? Dave Bujnowski considers how a post-coronavirus future may look, and where the biggest changes might be.

James Anderson discusses what we can learn about the effects of the coronavirus. Drawing on the work of experts such as Hans Rosling, James explores the monetary and fiscal transformation we are going through, concluding that the days of neo-liberalism are numbered. James also looks at what the crisis means for equity investors, asking what investments are now more valuable, and assesses the shift of global power towards Asia.

The antiquated freight industry is set for a shake up as new tech-savvy players look to take a slice of what is a €5.6 trillion, and growing, industry.

In a time of great uncertainty, staying positive is easier said than done. Amidst the personal and professional challenges we all face, it can be hard to remain optimistic. Our experience of investing for Positive Change tells us that optimism is the only way forward.

The disruption caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic extends far beyond the narrow world of investment but, as Catharine Flood explains, within that sphere Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust remains committed to patient investment, focused on the long-term and on companies with the most potential for future growth.

Celebrating 15 years of Trust.

For us, investing in progress means investing in companies that have a clear understanding of their place in the world of the future. We believe our portfolios contain some of the world’s most innovative and transformative businesses. Find out more about how investors can take a stake in these pioneering companies.

With a pandemic causing dramatic falls in global stock markets, these are anxious times for investors. But as Baillie Gifford partner Scott Nisbet explains in our podcast series Short Briefings on Long Term Thinking, the firm has witnessed similar shocks before.

The first wave of child trust funds will mature later this year, but with £2 billion languishing in unclaimed accounts what can you do to reclaim these and other orphaned assets? Capital Hill reports.

Investment managers Stephen Paice and Moritz Sitte give some examples of European companies that tick all the boxes and show exciting growth potential.

Fifty years after Apollo 11, can a fresh wave of innovation in space technology open new frontiers and promising investment opportunities? Investment manager, Luke Ward looks across the gulf of space and gives us his views.

With their curiosity for learning undiminished, Monks’ investment managers share where they think their quest for learning will take them in the year ahead.

Iain Campbell says investors with the patience and stability to avoid short-term thinking and ignore the noise are still quite rare - in an interview with Canada’s ‘Benefits and Pensions Monitor’.

In this series of articles, we highlight companies in the Scottish Mortgage portfolio that are taking technological advances to the next level, a new generation of companies who will reshape our world and what is possible in the years to come.

In this series of articles, we highlight companies in the Scottish Mortgage portfolio that are taking technological advances to the next level, a new generation of companies who will reshape our world and what is possible in the years to come.

In this series of articles, we highlight companies in the Scottish Mortgage portfolio that are taking technological advances to the next level, a new generation of companies who will reshape our world and what is possible in the years to come.

In this series of articles, we highlight companies in the Scottish Mortgage portfolio that are taking technological advances to the next level, a new generation of companies who will reshape our world and what is possible in the years to come.

Investment manager Toby Ross discusses recent investment, Watsco.

Two of Southeast Asia’s biggest nations are following China into rapid tech-led growth says Ewan Markson-Brown, manager of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust and co-manager of Baillie Gifford’s Pacific Fund.

Managers Stephen Paice and Moritz Sitte on the Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc.

The big four incumbents in robotics are gearing up for a challenge. In a reshaping global industry, they are readying themselves for the march of the cobots.

Our support of inquisitive people plays a crucial role in our investment research. Discover more in our academia anthology.

Investment managers Roderick Snell and Ewan Markson-Brown believe that Asia is going to be one of the fastest-growing regions over the coming decades. And they argue that the best way to unleash this potential in your portfolio is by buying growth companies in that growth region. They call this 'Growth Squared'.

Toby Ross on how we engage on responsible taxation.

Curious about our investment thinking? Want to find out more about the entrepreneurs and companies of the future?

There are lots of reasons not to invest in Europe. Its economic growth is uninspiring and much of its stock index is made up of bureaucratic corporate dinosaurs. But beyond the negative headlines, there are still exciting investment opportunities to be found. They include potential tenbaggers – companies whose share price could increase ten-fold.

Monks’ investment process focuses on the long-term ownership of growing businesses. We encourage these companies to invest in growth opportunities and ignore the short-term pressures of the market. In the following report, we set out our approach to stewardship and explain how it fits with our investment style.

Investment managers Iain McCombie and Milena Mileva give an update on the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund plc and discuss some examples of companies within the portfolio that show exciting growth potential.

Fifty years on from the first moon landing, entrepreneurs on the west coast of America are stepping up spending on space. To discuss how this new space race might impact investment, Malcolm Borthwick is joined by Luke Ward – space enthusiast and deputy manager of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust and the Global Discovery Fund.

The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place in Edinburgh on 27 June 2019. In addition to the business of the day, there were presentations from the Trust's managers, James Anderson and Tom Slater, which you can now watch here.

Investment Manager, Kate Fox explores how fashion might evolve from eco-culprit to eco-warrior, and where investment opportunities might arise along the way.

Baillie Gifford’s over-arching ethos is that we are ‘actual’ investors. Our approach to stewardship favours a small number of simple principles which help shape our interactions with companies.

Governance and Sustainability analysts Michelle O’Keeffe and Laura Thomson answer some of the most common climate change questions they are asked in relation to climate change and Baillie Gifford’s position regarding it.

Industrial biotech companies can already produce synthetic spider silk and plant-based burgers that taste like meat. Future possibilities include timber produced from yeast. In the latest episode of Short Briefings on Long Term Thinking, Kirsty Gibson tells Malcolm Borthwick why she's fascinated by the opportunities of industrial biotech and its enormous investment potential.

Everyone wants to make a difference, and capital thoughtfully and responsibly deployed is a powerful mechanism for change. In seeking out companies whose products and services are providing solutions to global challenges, we believe a proactive investment approach can also be the basis of attractive investment returns. Investment Managers Kate Fox and Lee Qian explain why positive change really matters.

The Positive Change team use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to help identify and measure the contribution that individual companies are making to solving the global challenges that are facing our planet. So, what are they? And how do we use them?

There are many ways in which businesses can support the transition to a more sustainable world for current and future generations, so to make it easier for us to think about and articulate how companies are addressing global challenges, we have created four impact themes. Meet the members of the Positive Change team as they introduce the four themes.

With online companies currently dominating sales, it is widely expected that the need for tangible stores will continue to decrease, but Baillie Gifford has spotted a rise in forward-thinking companies who are utilising physical spaces to provide an innovative and interactive shopping experience.

In Baillie Gifford we have a very different perspective on 2018, and hence the future, than the one you will be used to reading about.

Almost unnoticed, Japanese management is changing for the better. Head of Japan Donald Farquharson looks at the transformation drawing on the experience of three decades of engagement.

As lifespans increase, more of us will inevitably encounter Alzheimer’s. Thankfully, new advances mean that we may be approaching a breakthrough in treating the disease. The Death of Alzheimer’s asks how Baillie Gifford can support this effort.

In this series of articles, we highlight companies in the Scottish Mortgage portfolio that are taking technological advances to the next level, a new generation of companies who will reshape our world and what is possible in the years to come.

Curious about our investment thinking? Want to find out more about the entrepreneurs and companies of the future?

The Baillie Gifford Responsible Global Equity Income Fund is the first and only fund of its type in the Global Equity Income sector.

Investment Manager Roddy Snell, in conversation with Malcolm Borthwick, goes behind some recent lurid headlines to find out what's really happening with the Chinese economy.

ANT Financial is a private online payments business that started life as part of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Tom Slater explains what attracted him to take a holding in ANT for Scottish Mortgage.

Joint managers, James Anderson and Tom Slater, believe that the rapid progress in several industries has created some exciting new businesses with deep competitive advantages, targeting large opportunities. These are exactly the types of companies Scottish Mortgage seeks to own for long periods of time. Watch the film to discover how you could invest in this progress too.

The Baillie Gifford US Equities team believes extended research trips are a valuable way of gaining deeper insight into companies and disruptive industries. Kirsty Gibson recently spent time in the US finding out about Synthetic Biology.

Investment manager Brian Lum explores how their radar framework helps Baillie Gifford’s International Smaller Companies team to uncover exciting small businesses around the world.

The task in hand is to remind our clients what investing actually means. Stuart Dunbar makes a passionate plea for 'actual' managers to demonstrate that we have our clients' best interests at heart.

The future of medicine is likely to be fundamentally different from what we know today. Investment Manager, Rose Nguyen, discusses the technological advances that are likely to transform life science in the coming decades.

The future of medicine is likely to be fundamentally different from what we know today. Investment Manager, Rose Nguyen, discusses the technological advances that are likely to transform life science in the coming decades.

Curious about our investment thinking? Want to find out more about the entrepreneurs and companies of the future?

Join Toby Ross and James Dow, SAINTS’ joint managers, on their travels as they seek out the companies from across the globe that they believe can deliver a dependable and growing income along with capital growth.

Many patients with kidney failure face an agonising wait for a donor or a life on dialysis. However, as Julia Angeles writes, new technologies may offer a brighter future.

We believe growth comes in many different shapes and sizes. So why settle for just one when you can choose the Monks Investment Trust and let us help you find four different ways to seek out growth, all at the same time?

Stuart Dunbar discusses the woes of what our industry has become alongside the potential opportunities presented by its somewhat over-evolved state.

Julia Angeles, an investment manager in the EAFE Alpha team, considers how scientific developments have led to changes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and why the current rate of progress is set to accelerate in the coming years. Angeles also explains why she opted to undergo genomic testing.

The financial capital of Scotland makes this a great place to work. The biggest arts festival on the planet, World heritage architecture and Scotland’s great outdoors on your doorstep, makes it a great place to play.

It would be true to say that Baillie Gifford loves I.T. In fact we actively seek out the most exciting companies in the sector right across the globe and invest in them early. So to us I.T. is not simply a department in our organisation. I.T. is something that is changing the world. That’s why we see any potential graduate recruit in this department as a great opportunity to do what we like doing best of all. Investing in another I.T. start up with potential.

Although widely admired for intelligent, insightful writing that engages readers, this page-turner has never featured on literary bestseller lists. Nor has there been a scramble for the film rights. But Baillie Gifford’s Trust magazine is a classic in its genre, having earned many plaudits and industry awards.

We build diverse teams, united only by curiosity and intelligence. This means we are as likely to hire a musician, a doctor and a politics graduate, as we are a mathematician.

Investment manager James Dow gives un update on the The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C.

Investment managers Steven Hay and James Dow reflect on the first full year of the Multi Asset Income Fund.

Cement accounts for 5 per cent of global carbon emissions and Cemex, a leading Mexico-based producer lacks governance and sustainability appeal. But we cannot ignore well-financed companies whose products contribute to economic growth, least of all when they promise to travel the road to redemption. Compromise is essential.

In this series of articles, we highlight companies in the Scottish Mortgage portfolio that are taking technological advances to the next level, a new generation of companies who will reshape our world and what is possible in the years to come.

Baillie Gifford are now managers of the re-named Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc. In this film, co-managers Stephen Paice and Moritz Sitte outline why they have repositioned the portfolio to focus on the 40 or so companies that they believe are most likely to deliver outstanding growth over the next five to ten years.

Investment manager Matthew Brett gives an update on the position of The Baillie Gifford Japan Fund PLC and discusses some examples of companies within the portfolio that show exciting growth potential.

A summary of our High Yield team's Stewardship Activities in 2018 and 2019.

Karen See, joint manager of the Japanese Income Growth Fund, discusses the fund since its inception three years ago, and some key characteristics of the portfolio.

The managers of SAINTS explain the appeal of two investments which perfectly fit the trust's long-term objectives: a resilient income, with attractive growth.

The impact of ever-faster networks and complex systems is all around us. Tom Slater reflects on the implications of our accelerating connectedness in an increasingly ‘complexified’ world.

James Anderson explains why Scottish Mortgage’s portfolio makes him optimistic about the future, despite the sound and fury of recent headlines.

Results season has been in full swing for the last few months. James Dow and Toby Ross, co-managers of SAINTS, chalk up the scores at the end of a year that has left them feeling optimistic about the future.

Douglas Brodie, portfolio manager of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, discusses the philosophy that underpins the strategy and the ways in which the team identifies smaller companies with growth potential.

Douglas Brodie, portfolio manager of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, discusses the philosophy that underpins the strategy and the ways in which the team identifies smaller companies with growth potential.

Portfolio manager of Shin Nippon, Praveen Kumar, discusses the main takeaways from his extended trip to Japan and past and potential future activity within the portfolio.

Douglas Brodie, portfolio manager of the Baillie Gifford Global Discovery fund, discusses the philosophy that underpins the strategy and the ways in which the team identifies small companies with growth potential.

The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust took place in Edinburgh on 29 June. In addition to the business of the day, co-managers James Anderson and Tom Slater made presentations and you can read the highlights here.

Charles Plowden, Malcolm MacColl and Spencer Adair review the last twelve months as managers of The Monks Investment Trust portfolio.

Milena Mileva and Iain McCombie, co-managers of the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund plc, give an overview of the trust following the board’s decision to move the mandate to Baillie Gifford.

Why objects that can see will transform society.

The Baillie Gifford Corporate Bond Fund is changing its name to the Baillie Gifford Strategic Bond Fund. This is our Marathon to Snickers moment, the name is changing but the great recipe remains the same.

Brazil and the UK might be miles apart, but they do share at least one surprising commonality: a 3% inflation rate. As Sally Greig explains, structural changes in Brazil are starting to have an impact on the country’s changing fortunes.

Praveen Kumar, portfolio manager, explains how a tight employment market and developments in healthcare are driving stock selection in the Shin Nippon portfolio. He also outlines some of the areas that contributed significantly to the performance over the past 12 months, as well as those which offer exciting prospects for the future.

James Anderson, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage, shares his thoughts on Chinese car company NIO and the founder-driven, Chinese giant retailing platform, Alibaba.

James Anderson, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage, shares why he is enthusiastic about investing in Amazon as and why he believes it will remain a dominant company in the future.

Tom Slater, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage, discusses why he thinks biotech company Bolt Threads has the potential to transform the apparel industry.

Tom Slater, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage, discusses industrial technology company Uptake, which uses data science to enable people and machines to work better together.

European company Spotify is on its way to becoming a global leader. James Anderson, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage, shares his enthusiasm for Spotify and its founder.

The annual meeting of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust took place in Edinburgh on 29 June. In addition to the business of the day, there were presentations from the Trust’s managers, James Anderson and Tom Slater. This summary includes several short audio clips recorded on the day.

Technological evolution continues to occur at an ever-increasing pace. Douglas Brodie looks at some of the areas likely to see the greatest change in the coming years, and the investment opportunities that will open up as a result.

With the power to transform every trade and every industry, artificial intelligence (AI) is the future that is here today. Investment manager Lawrence Burns reflects on some of the recent developments in the field and speculates on what the brave and wonderful new world of AI might mean for us all.

Investment manager Julia Angeles strikes an optimistic note as she explores some of the recent developments in healthcare, which one day she hopes will bring an end to cancer.

The 107th AGM of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust once again saw presentations from the investment managers James Anderson and Tom Slater. We’ve captured some key points that each made on the day, as audio recordings and wanted you to have the opportunity to hear their thinking for yourself.

Joe Faraday shares his enthusiasm for the importance of cities as growth drivers, explaining how access to world-leading academics and their research has shaped his thinking.